Darfur24- Menwashi
On Thursday, the African Union and United Nations Mission in Darfur, UNAMID handed over its site in Menwashi area, 70 km north of Nyala, South Darfur to the government of Sudan, ending 13 years of operation there in Darfur.
The unique and largest UN mission in the world was established in 2007 by a UN security council resolution, following an upsurge of violence resulting from the civil war between the central government in Khartoum and rebel movements in the western region of Darfur.
The handover and takeover occurred in the presence of the governor of South Darfur State, Musa Mahdi and the representative of the UN secretary-General Mr. Edison Ferguson. The UN security Council ended mandate of the Hybrid mission on December 31 2020, subsequently, the mission began implementing the gradual exit plan that will last for six month.